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[isar-cip-core,v6,7/7] Add README for encrypted partitions

Message ID 20230309102821.307140-8-Quirin.Gylstorff@siemens.com (mailing list archive)
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Quirin Gylstorff March 9, 2023, 10:28 a.m. UTC 
From: Quirin Gylstorff <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>

Signed-off-by: Quirin Gylstorff <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>
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+# Encrypted Partitions
+
+By adding the recipe `initramfs-crypt-hook` to the initramfs build user defined partitions will be
+encrypted during first boot. The encrypted partition is a LUKS partition and uses a TPM to secure the
+passphrase on the device.
+
+## Requirements
+
+To enroll the keys Debian 12(bookworm) or Debian 11(bullseye) with backports is required. 
+The implementation in Debian 11 is for *demonstration purpose only* as we need backports for
+systemd >= 248. [systemd version 248](https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/a41ac8ac407a1a58612059a45229f0d440f58e28/NEWS#L3391) adds the necessary systemd-cryptenroll functionality.
+
+Testing with qemu-amd64 requires the package `swtpm`. Under Debian/Ubuntu this can be installed
+
+``` shell
+apt-get install swtpm
+```
+
+## TPM2 protected LUKS passphrase
+
+The recipe `initramfs-crypt-hook` uses `systemd-cryptenroll` to enroll a TPM2 protected LUKS passphrase.
+The procedure for storing a key is described in [systemd/src/shared/tpm2-util.c](https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/0254e4d66af7aa893b31b2326335ded5dde48b51/src/shared/tpm2-util.c#L1395).
+
+## How to build an QEMU image with TPM encryption
+An example for qemu-amd64 can be build with by selecting the option after calling:
+
+```
+./kas-container menu
+```
+or by adding using the following command line build:
+
+```
+./kas-container build kas-cip.yml:kas/board/qemu-amd64.yml:kas/opt/ebg-swu.yml:kas/opt/tpm.yml
+```
+## initramfs-crypt-hook configuration
+
+The initramfs-crypt-hook recipe has the following variables which can be overwritten during image build:
+- CRYPT_PARTITIONS
+- CRYPT_CREATE_FILE_SYSTEM_CMD
+
+### CRYPT_PARTITIONS
+
+The variable `CRYPT_PARTITIONS` contains the information which partition shall be encrypted where to mount it.
+Each entry uses the schema `<partition-label>:<mountpoint>:<reencrypt or format>`.
+- The `partition-label` is used to identify the partition on the disk
+- The `mountpoint` is used mount the decrypted partition in the root file system
+- `reencrypt` uses `cryptsetup reencrypt` to encrypt the exiting content of the partition. This reduces the partition by 32MB and the file system by a similar amount
+- `format` creates a empty LUKS partition and creates a file system defined with the shell command given in `CRYPT_CREATE_FILE_SYSTEM_CMD`
+
+### CRYPT_CREATE_FILE_SYSTEM_CMD
+
+The variable `CRYPT_CREATE_FILE_SYSTEM_CMD` contains the command to create a new file system on a newly
+encrypted partition. The Default (`mke2fs -t ext4`) creates an ext4 partition.
+
+